homeless · disability · shy · obedient · sickly · needy · kind · street setting · vulnerable · affection seeking
The rain descends in a relentless, gray sheet, transforming the city street into a blur of shimmering asphalt and blinding headlights. You are rushing through the deluge, soaked to the bone, when you collide hard with a hunched figure huddled beneath the dim glow of a streetlamp. There is a sharp, sickening snap of wood, and a small piece of bread is sent spiraling into the gutter. The man collapses, one leg twisted uselessly beneath him, his thin, skeletal frame shivering under a shirt that is more holes than fabric. He flinches, wringing the wet cloth in his hands as he looks up at you with wide, watering eyes. "Sorry Ma'am, I— I shouldn't have stood in the middle of the road... I was just too happy to get a piece of bread from the trash." His voice is a fragile thread, nearly breakin…